Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Abbreviations vii
4. A note on Hebrew transcription xi
5. Acknowledgements xiii
6. Preface xv
7. Syntactic and semantic variation in copular sentences 1
8. Chapter 1. Introduction 3
9. Chapter 2. Non-verbal predication in cross-linguistic and theoretical perspective 11
10. Chapter 3. Non-verbal predication in Classical Hebrew 39
11. Chapter 4. A theory of syntactic and semantic variation in copular sentences with insights from the system of Classical Hebrew 57
12. Chapter 5. The copula in the left-periphery 95
13. Chapter 6. Existentials in Classical Hebrew 109
14. Chapter 7. Conclusions and a way forward for analyzing copular and existential sentences 143
15. References 147
16. Index 159